Yum, Healthy and mostly Fast Recipes

Tuesday, 26 February 2019

Straight from Gwyneth Paltrows 'It's All Easy' are these super easy Coconut Cookies! Think macaroon, crispy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. Super yum and super fast to make. Top with jam of your choice. I used this Organic Coconut Jam which has no refined sugar in it and it's yum!IngredientsMakes 16

1/4 cup coconut sugar

1/4 cup coconut oil melted

2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut

1/2 cup coconut flour

1/3 cup maple syrup

4 teaspoons fruit spread or jam of choice with no refined sugar

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius (°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Wednesday, 6 February 2019

Amongst my many cookbooks is ‘Persiana’ by Sabrina Ghayour, which hasn't had the love it deserves as these wraps were fantastic. I've made some changes as we don't eat meat anymore but I used Sunfed Meats Chicken Free Chicken which works beautifully and makes it super quick as you don't have to marinate the chicken.Ingredients

Wednesday, 30 January 2019

These don't look the best but they are wonderfully moist and fluffy. We threw some blueberries over them and didn't even use a topping! Great way to use up those bananas turning black. Recipe is from Primal Kitchen.Ingredients (makes 10)

1/4 cup almond flour/meal

1/4 cup coconut flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

2 over ripe bananas (mashed)

4 eggs, whisked

coconut oil for cooking

Method

Mix all the dry ingredients together.

Mix mashed banana and whisked eggs together then add to dry ingredients

Heat a non stick pancake pan over a medium heat and add few teaspoons of coconut oil

Pour 1/4 cup of batter and and cook for 1-2 minutes until you see bubbles starting to form, then flip and cook for another minute.

These burn easily so keep an eye on them and flip them carefully. Serve with topping of choice and enjoy!

I had some "oldish" courgettes and cauliflower lounging around in the fridge so threw these together for lunch. Next time I would add some feta cheese and parsley but they were pretty good like this too.Ingredients

1/4 head cauliflower approximately 1 cup, grated (or you can buy cauliflower 'pearls' so the messy work of grating is done)

3 medium zucchini, grated, skin on

1/4 cup coconut flour

2 large eggs

1/2 tsp sea salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

Method

Squeeze moisture out of the veges

Throw everything into a large bowl and mix well. At first I thought I would have to add another egg but you want a dense mixture

Grab a handful and make a small-medium pattie. Give it a good squeeze so it holds together. I got 9 out of this mixture.

Heat a fry pan to medium and add 1 tbsp of coconut or olive oil

Add fritters to pan and flatten slightly. Cook 3-4 minutes each side until golden.

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Quickest dessert to whip up with no processed sugar and a couple of avocados to make it creamy!Ingredientsmakes 2-4takes 5 minutes

2 large ripe avocado

1/4 cup raw cacao

2 tsp vanilla extract

3 tbsp maple syrup or agave or honey

1/3 cup coconut milk

3 tbsp peanut butter (or nut butter of choice)

1 tsp salt

Put the flesh of the avocado into food processor along with all ingredients and process until silky smooth. Divide into glasses and chill for 30 minutes. Serve with yoghurt. I grated a Frooze Ball over the top of these ones #yum